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People don't buy Windows
As shown by XP retail sales.

People buy the computer it just happens to come with Windows. Like you buy IBM, HP, E-Machine, Dell or even Apple. What OS it comes with is of little concern as long as it does what is expected.
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Excellent point  Enterprise Analyst | 06/28/04
Wow!  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
Personal attacks  Enterprise Analyst | 06/28/04
BUDDY!  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
Did your welfare check come in?  Enterprise Analyst | 06/28/04
Same lame humor too  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
NWMT  Enterprise Analyst | 06/28/04
Ok, that was funny  voska | 06/28/04
Seriously...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
Personal attacks...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
Did your welfare check come in?  Chipper1963 | 06/28/04
Nice of him to drop by!  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
Wow again...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
It is better to remain silent and be thought....  Still Lynn | 06/29/04
Windows advantage  Michael Kelly | 06/28/04
Why people buy.  Anton Philidor | 06/28/04
Are you sure?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/28/04
You say tomato..  Patrick Jones | 06/28/04
Different types of users  Anton Philidor | 06/28/04
I agree with everything but one thing  voska | 06/28/04
Apple users  tic swayback | 06/28/04
No surprises here  Still Lynn | 06/29/04
But I'm using Linux for functionality  el1jones | 06/28/04
Assertions reconsidered... and they're still the same  Michael Kelly | 06/28/04
But why do people buy Windows?  tic swayback | 06/28/04
People don't buy Windows  voska | 06/28/04
Not true......  middle of nowhere | 06/28/04
Computers vs. software vs. OS  Still Lynn | 06/29/04
Lock-in  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
You and Billy can gloat about 95% share on the desktop right now.  DonnieBoy | 06/28/04
Percentages, a nitpickers tale...  Still Lynn | 06/29/04
This weeks new virus  issthatso | 06/28/04
Microsoft does all that for free? System Integration, Applications, etc . .  DonnieBoy | 06/28/04
It seems poor Bill just doesn't understand  Richard Flude | 06/28/04
Windows Will Always Dominate, Linux Will Always Have A Niche  chrislovesdana | 06/28/04
Does it have to be your grandma?  Michael Kelly | 06/28/04
They show a lot of signs of slipping. You don't read the news?  DonnieBoy | 06/28/04
To easy...  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
My dad is a grandpa  AbsolutelyNot | 06/28/04
Mine, too...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
well i AM a Grandpa  peten | 06/28/04
Cool, then your father is an exception to the  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
Yep, and the Titanic is unsinkable..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/28/04
Re: Windows Will Always Dominate  km4hr@... | 06/28/04
Grandmas and Linux  mbraincell@... | 06/28/04
No Kidding, Youth and Linux  voska | 06/28/04
That could change  voska | 06/28/04
You'll find this very interesting.  Yen_z | 06/28/04
Author and "idiot users"  robradina@... | 06/28/04
I do!  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
Umm, Me for one!  middle of nowhere | 06/28/04
You make the mistake of confusing...  Yen_z | 06/29/04
Ouch!  Linux User 147560 | 06/29/04
Grandma...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
And i supposed...  hal9000mx | 06/28/04
GrandMa's X(P)tras  pj-xmesh | 06/28/04
Re; Windows Will Always Dominate, Linux Will Always Have A Niche  peten | 06/28/04
When BillG talks, my rep makes me listen...  Mike Cox | 06/28/04
Shirts...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
You mean Willamina Gee-string, right, the Go-Go dancer?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/28/04
In the middle of all the hyperbolic "ain't I clever?" claptrap  AbsolutelyNot | 06/28/04
From the point of a Windows user ...  worknman | 06/28/04
Re From the point of a Windows user ...  peten | 06/28/04
I don't see why this would be necessary.  Linux_Developer | 06/28/04
Its a little late in the day for that  Nigel Johnstone | 06/28/04
I say!  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
The steps...  Martin Marvinski | 06/28/04
M$shills never make any sense.. it's all propaganda.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/28/04
Uh huh, unlike the flag waving Linux zealots...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
It's a mess, isn't it?  Linux_Developer | 06/28/04
Errrrrr flag waving Linux zealots...  peten | 06/28/04
You sound like a "flag waving Linux zealot".  Linux_Developer | 06/29/04
That's good Bill, because pirates will be the only ones using it..  Xunil_Sierutuf | 06/28/04
Restart?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/28/04
And pirates hate Linux  FilledOut | 06/28/04
Really?  specialk_z | 06/28/04
But those buying Windows for $10  voska | 06/28/04
This is just another smoke screen!  B.O.F.H. | 06/28/04
smoke screen!  peten | 06/28/04
A day in the life  AbsolutelyNot | 06/28/04
Bill G's arrogant personal life  AbsolutelyNot | 06/28/04
Were do park your yacht?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/04
Really?  Richard Flude | 06/28/04
On Yo Head!  Jeff Spicoli | 06/28/04
Hmm Bill  pj-xmesh | 06/28/04
Bootlegged software a greater threat - ha ha ha  Richard Flude | 06/28/04
Open Source Disaster  robradina@... | 06/28/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 06/28/04
NO Open Source Disaster !  peten | 06/28/04
It is true...  Richard Flude | 06/29/04
(NT) Boy, oh boy, can that guy (Gates) spin.  Plain Logic | 06/28/04
Hum Gates : Opensource a great ad for windBlows err i think not  peten | 06/28/04
I used to think Bill Gates was dull and humourless  Expatriate US Geek | 06/29/04
Gates misses the point again!  sckinz1 | 06/29/04

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